wardriving antenna

12-31-2003, 10:11 PM

So i kind of figured out that my current wardriving setup has **** poor reception, so i need an antenna. I see these tiny antennas that cost about $90, and then theres this one on ebay that is only $20.

other than the fact that the ebay one looks like a CB antenna, anyone know anything about this antenna?

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I own the big brother to that antenna, the 7dbi with two swirls. Wheras before I had to be within, say, 150 feet of an AP, with the antenna I can usually be up to 1000 feet, and in some rare cases up to 2000 feet.

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So i kind of figured out that my current wardriving setup has **** poor reception, so i need an antenna. I see these tiny antennas that cost about $90, and then theres this one on ebay that is only $20.

other than the fact that the ebay one looks like a CB antenna, anyone know anything about this antenna?

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As a general rule of thumb, for every 3db of antenna gain improvement, you will double your effective range. So if you go from a 9dbi gain antenna to a 12dbi gain antenna, you will effectively double your range. However, there are other factors that come into play, so the 3db improvement is not always toatlly accurate.